Dr. Elwood Watson

@bleachbred

History Professor PhD @ETSU African American & Gender Studies | Author, Cultural Critic | Latest book: "Keepin' It Real: Essays on Race in Contemporary America"

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jun 7, 2021

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@bleachbred Column by Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom. The Elite Panic at the Heart of Liberal Attacks on Mamdani nytimes.com/2025/07/27/opi…

bleachbred's tweet card. Mamdani’s detractors don’t care about his race; they care about clawing back a century of civil rights.

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 27

@bleachbred Insightful Article by Dr.Jonathan Zimmerman. Opinion | What Columbia Just Threw Away chronicle.com/article/what-c…

bleachbred's tweet card. It bargained with the unfettered expression of ideas.

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 25

@bleachbred Excellent Article by Dr. Patricia McGuire. diverseeducation.com/opinion/articl…

bleachbred's tweet card. Teaching students how to live and work together in the most diverse society the world has ever known is certainly not illegal or wrong — it is a moral imperative!

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 24

@bleachbred Powerful Article by Mr. David Pressman. I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…

bleachbred's tweet card. The real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 23

@bleachbred Powerful Article by Tim Gibson, Bethany Letiecq, and James H. Finkelstein. Opinion | The Plot to Oust the President of George Mason University chronicle.com/article/the-pl…

bleachbred's tweet card. This campaign is not about policy. It’s about power.

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 22

@bleachbred Excellent Article by Dr. Michael Gavin. diverseeducation.com/opinion/articl…

bleachbred's tweet card. The constitutional rights fundamental to a democratic society are under assault. This assault began by targeting Black, brown, and LGBTQ Americans while others stood by.

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Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 19

@bleachbred Powerful Article by Molly Jong-Fast. Canceling Stephen Colbert Isn’t Funny nytimes.com/2025/07/18/opi…

bleachbred's tweet card. Mocking President Trump will not destroy him.

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 26

@bleachbred Informative Article by Ms. Jasper Smith. George Mason U. Faculty Rally Around Their Besieged President. They May Be His Only Support. chronicle.com/article/george…

bleachbred's tweet card. Gregory Washington finds himself without two key pillars of support that a college leader would hope to have in defending against federal investigations: his board and the state’s attorney general.

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 26

@bleachbed Must Read by Chauncey DeVega. Trump’s threats against Obama are very real — and dangerous salon.com/2025/07/26/tru…

bleachbred's tweet card. Accusations of treason are not just distractions from Epstein

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 25

@bleachbred Check out Johnny's video! #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZP8kdt7j8/

bleachbred's tweet card. 76.1K likes, 8435 comments. “#WhiteNationalism #SpringfieldMO #ReturnToTheLand #CivilRights #ThislsAmerica”

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 24

@bleachbred Excellent Tribute by Melanie McFarland. Malcolm-Jamal Warner was Gen X’s big brother salon.com/2025/07/23/mal…

bleachbred's tweet card. Theo Huxtable was a good-natured, cool kid. That's one reason why people loved the actor who played him.

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 23

@bleachbred Groypers, Incels, and The Ugly Face of Fascism open.substack.com/pub/pastorben2…

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 23

@bleachbred Wonderful Tribute Of Malcolm Jamal Warner by Robin Givhan. The magic of Theo wapo.st/46XdFAV

bleachbred's tweet card. Malcolm-Jamal Warner played “The Cosby Show’s” Theo Huxtable with a charismatic mix of bravado, innocence and hysteria.

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 22

@bleachbred Article by Osita Nwanevu theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

bleachbred's tweet card. Every American presidential campaign is many years in the making. So, what’s the state of the 2028 primary race now?

Dr. Elwood Watson@bleachbred · Jul 22

@bleachbred Excellent Interview With Dr. Martha Jones by Dr. Robert Greene II. The Trouble of Color: An Interview with Martha S. Jones aaihs.org/the-trouble-of…

bleachbred's tweet card. In today’s post, Dr. Robert Greene II, AAIHS President and Associate Professor of History at Claflin University, interviews Dr. Martha S. Jones about her latest book, The Trouble of Color: An...

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